Reference Guide

New features in SONAR 8.5

Clip selection groups

To specify the behavior, do the following:

1. On the Options menu, select Global and then click the Editing tab.

2. Under Clip Groups, do one of the following:

• Select the Select all clips in groups check box if you want edits to affect all group members.

• Clear the Select all clips in groups check box if you want edits to only affect a single clip. This

option doesn’t remove any clip groups, so existing groups are still preserved.

-or-

• Click the Select tool arrow and choose either Select Single Clips or Select All Clips in

Groups from the pop-up menu.

Using editing tools on grouped clips

The Select, Mute and Split tools behave as follows when editing grouped clips:

• Select tool :

• Clicking a clip in a group will also select all other clips in the same group.

• Lasso-selecting will select clips that are touched by the lasso as well as other clips in the same

group that intersect the lasso time range.

• Split tool :

• Clicking an unselected clip will split that clip and all other clips in the same group that intersect

the split time.

• If a previous selection exists, clicking will split only the clips in the selection.

• Selecting a range will split all clips in the group that intersect that range.

• Mute tool . The Mute tool has several modes of operation. The corresponding mode is

indicated in square brackets.

• [Mute Entire Clips mode] Clicking an unselected clip will mute that clip and all other clips in the

same group.

• [Mute Entire Clips mode] If a previous selection exists, clicking will mute only the clips in the

selection.

• [Mute Entire Clips mode] Lasso-selecting will mute clips that are touched by the lasso as well

as other clips in the same group that intersect the lasso time range.

• [Mute Time Ranges mode] Selecting a range will mute all clips in the group that intersect that

Tip:

Regardless of whether

Select Single Clips

Select All Clips in Groups

is enabled, you

can hold down the SHIFT key to momentarily toggle the behavior.